Snagged from both my sisters:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
I prefer wrapping paper and only use gift bags as a last resort. Or if I run out of time.

2. Real tree or artificial?
It's got to be real. The only advantage to a fake tree (for me) is being able to use it year after year, so you can put it up whenever.

3. When do you put up the ( Read more... )

I'm tired and I've been tired all day, part of which I attribute to my period picking a rotten time to show up -_- Despite that, I'm all packed and ready for my trip to Indiana tomorrow, even though I have to unpack a little to get ready for bed ( Read more... )

Christmas over here was good ^_^ We had breakfast casserole before opening presents, then we went over to Norwalk to see everybody over there. We had lunch before presents (I'm spotting a trend here), a sandwich platter from Stew Lenard's, manhattan clam chowder and lobster bisque. After presents, we had dessert, including the pumpkin spice cake ( Read more... )

I made a midnight excursion to Walmart, but of course I went to the one that isn't open 24 hours first (and I didn't think to check the website before I left). I didn't mind so much, except that it was raining. And since it was the middle of the night, stock was lying around all over the place, making it hard to navigate. But overall I had a ( Read more... )

Not too much happened this week, which was kind of nice compared to the past couple of weeks. I got my Christmas shopping finished up, and watched a bunch of my Blockbuster stuff. Mom got the first wave of Christmas cards out, Beck came home, and we all trooped out this morning to pick up our tree ^_ ( Read more... )

( my xmas stocking )

I just need to write 1.5k more, and I'll have 50,000 words ^_^ But I'm tapped out for today, so there you go ( Read more... )

Why did one random Christmas song play on the radio ( Read more... )

I had a pretty good Christmas ^_^ Gave Dave a crash course on wrapping, went to services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, spent plenty of time with the family ( Read more... )

The true story of two kids who attempted to shop two days before Christmas and were done in by the traffic ( Read more... )